Design Group II
Of the 364 types on this site, 77 are in Design Group II, the band from 49 to under 79 ft of wingspan or 20 to under 30 ft of tail height. Cessna accounts for 16, Beech for 9 and Embraer for 7; 45 come from other makers. By engine type: 43 jets, 28 turboprops and 6 piston aircraft. Wingspan alone decides the group for 51 of them; for the other 26, the tail height lands in the same group too. Spans run from the Aero Commander 560 up to the Gulfstream IV.
Wingspan 49 to under 79 ft or tail 20 to under 30 ft · 77 types
- Gulfstream IVspan 77.8 ft · length 88.3 fttail 24.4 ft · II-D
- Gulfstream IIIspan 77.8 ft · length 83.1 fttail 24.4 ft · II-C
- Bombardier CRJ700span 76.3 ft · length 106.6 fttail 24.8 ft · II-C
- Shorts 360span 74.8 ft · length 70.8 fttail 23.1 ft · II-B
- Shorts 330span 74.7 ft · length 58.0 fttail 16.4 ft · II-B
- Saab 340span 74.6 ft · length 64.7 fttail 22.9 ft · II-C
- Cessna Citation Latitudespan 72.3 ft · length 62.3 fttail 20.9 ft · II-B
- Bombardier CRJ100span 69.6 ft · length 87.8 fttail 20.7 ft · II-D
- Cessna Citation Longitudespan 68.9 ft · length 73.2 fttail 19.4 ft · II-C
- Bombardier Challenger 350span 68.9 ft · length 68.6 fttail 20.0 ft · II-C
- Gulfstream IIspan 68.8 ft · length 79.9 fttail 24.5 ft · II-C
- Dornier 328span 68.8 ft · length 69.8 fttail 23.2 ft · II-B
- Fairchild Dornier 328JETspan 68.8 ft · length 69.7 fttail 23.1 ft · II-B
- Bombardier CRJ200span 68.7 ft · length 87.8 fttail 20.8 ft · II-D
- Embraer Legacy 500 / Praetor 600span 66.5 ft · length 68.0 fttail 21.1 ft · II-B
- Embraer Legacy 450span 66.4 ft · length 64.6 fttail 21.1 ft · II-B
- Embraer ERJ 145span 65.8 ft · length 98.0 fttail 22.2 ft · II-C
- Embraer ERJ 135/140span 65.8 ft · length 93.4 fttail 22.2 ft · II-C
- De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otterspan 65.0 ft · length 51.8 fttail 19.3 ft · II-A
- Embraer EMB 120 Brasiliaspan 64.9 ft · length 65.7 fttail 21.4 ft · II-B
- Short SC.7 Skyvanspan 64.9 ft · length 41.3 fttail 15.1 ft · II-B
- Canadair Challenger 600/601/604span 64.3 ft · length 68.4 fttail 20.7 ft · II-C
- Bombardier Challenger 300span 63.8 ft · length 68.8 fttail 20.3 ft · II-C
- Cessna Citation Xspan 63.6 ft · length 72.3 fttail 19.3 ft · II-C
- Dassault Falcon 2000span 63.4 ft · length 66.3 fttail 23.2 ft · II-C
- Dassault Falcon 900span 63.4 ft · length 66.3 fttail 24.8 ft · II-C
- Cessna Citation Sovereignspan 63.1 ft · length 63.5 fttail 20.3 ft · II-B
- Gulfstream G280span 63.0 ft · length 66.8 fttail 21.3 ft · II-C
- CASA C-212 Aviocarspan 62.3 ft · length 53.0 fttail 20.7 ft · II-A
- Dassault Falcon 50span 61.9 ft · length 60.8 fttail 22.9 ft · II-C
- Hawker 4000span 61.8 ft · length 69.2 fttail 19.6 ft · II-C
- BAe Jetstream 41span 60.4 ft · length 63.2 fttail 18.8 ft · II-C
- Air Tractor AT-802span 59.3 ft · length 37.5 fttail 11.2 ft · II-B
- Gulfstream G200 (IAI Galaxy)span 58.1 ft · length 62.3 fttail 21.4 ft · II-C
- Beech 1900span 58.0 ft · length 57.7 fttail 15.4 ft · II-B
- Beech Super King Air 300span 57.9 ft · length 46.7 fttail 14.3 ft · II-B
- Beech Super King Air 350span 57.9 ft · length 46.7 fttail 14.3 ft · II-B
- Fairchild Republic A-10span 57.5 ft · length 53.3 fttail 14.7 ft · II-C
- Fairchild Swearingen Merlin IVspan 57.0 ft · length 59.4 fttail 16.7 ft · II-B
- Cessna Citation Excel/XLSspan 56.3 ft · length 51.8 fttail 17.2 ft · II-B
- Air Tractor AT-602span 56.0 ft · length 33.5 fttail 11.0 ft · II-B
- Pilatus PC-24span 55.8 ft · length 55.3 fttail 17.7 ft · II-B
- Gulfstream G150span 55.6 ft · length 56.8 fttail 19.1 ft · II-C
- Beech Super King Air 200span 54.5 ft · length 43.8 fttail 15.0 ft · II-B
- Beech King Air F90span 54.5 ft · length 35.5 fttail 14.8 ft · II-B
- Cessna Citation V / Ultra / Encorespan 54.1 ft · length 48.9 fttail 15.0 ft · II-B
- Dassault Falcon 20span 53.5 ft · length 56.3 fttail 17.6 ft · II-B
- Cessna Citation III/VI/VIIspan 53.5 ft · length 55.5 fttail 16.8 ft · II-C
- Cessna Citation CJ3span 53.3 ft · length 51.2 fttail 15.2 ft · II-B
- Pilatus PC-12span 53.3 ft · length 47.3 fttail 14.0 ft · II-A
- IAI Astra 1125span 52.7 ft · length 55.6 fttail 18.2 ft · II-B
- Embraer Phenom 300span 52.2 ft · length 51.3 fttail 16.8 ft · II-B
- Cessna Citation Bravospan 52.2 ft · length 47.7 fttail 15.0 ft · II-B
- Gulfstream Jetprop Commander 1000span 52.1 ft · length 43.0 fttail 15.0 ft · II-B
- Cessna 208 Caravanspan 52.1 ft · length 37.6 fttail 15.1 ft · II-A
- BAe Jetstream 31span 52.0 ft · length 47.1 fttail 17.5 ft · II-B
- BAe Jetstream Super 31span 52.0 ft · length 47.1 fttail 17.5 ft · II-B
- Air Tractor AT-503span 52.0 ft · length 27.0 fttail 10.3 ft · II-A
- Cessna Citation II/SPspan 51.7 ft · length 47.7 fttail 15.0 ft · II-B
- Cessna Citation II/Bravospan 51.7 ft · length 47.3 fttail 15.0 ft · II-B
- Hawker 1000 (BAe 125-1000)span 51.4 ft · length 53.9 fttail 17.1 ft · II-C
- Hawker 800 (BAe 125-700/800)span 51.4 ft · length 51.2 fttail 18.1 ft · II-C
- Air Tractor AT-402span 51.1 ft · length 30.6 fttail 9.5 ft · II-A
- Learjet 75span 50.9 ft · length 58.0 fttail 14.0 ft · II-C
- Learjet 70span 50.9 ft · length 56.0 fttail 14.0 ft · II-C
- Cessna Citation CJ4span 50.8 ft · length 53.3 fttail 15.4 ft · II-B
- Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirantespan 50.3 ft · length 50.3 fttail 16.2 ft · II-B
- Beech 70 Queen Airspan 50.3 ft · length 35.5 fttail 14.3 ft · II-B
- Beech 80 Queen Airspan 50.3 ft · length 35.5 fttail 14.3 ft · II-B
- Beech King Air 90span 50.3 ft · length 35.5 fttail 14.3 ft · II-B
- Cessna Citation CJ2span 49.8 ft · length 47.7 fttail 14.0 ft · II-B
- Beech 18span 49.7 ft · length 35.3 fttail 9.3 ft · II-A
- Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan IIspan 49.5 ft · length 39.0 fttail 13.2 ft · II-B
- Aero Commander 680FPspan 49.5 ft · length 35.1 fttail 14.5 ft · II-B
- Cessna 441 Conquest IIspan 49.3 ft · length 39.0 fttail 13.2 ft · II-B
- Aero Commander 500span 49.0 ft · length 36.8 fttail 14.5 ft · II-A
- Aero Commander 560span 49.0 ft · length 36.8 fttail 14.5 ft · II-B
One scale for every outline on this page, nose up. Codes read Design Group, then Approach Category.
Close to a line
In all, 17 types clear the 49 ft wingspan line by 2.5 ft or less: the Aero Commander 500 (0.0 ft), the Aero Commander 560 (0.0 ft), the 441 Conquest II (0.3 ft), the 680FP (0.5 ft), the F406 Caravan II (0.5 ft), the Beech 18 (0.7 ft), the Citation CJ2 (0.8 ft), the 70 Queen Air (1.3 ft) and nine more. Two types stop short of the 79 ft wingspan line: the Gulfstream III (1.2 ft) and the Gulfstream IV (1.2 ft).
Approach categories
By approach category the types split into 8 in Category A, 41 in Category B, 25 in Category C and 3 in Category D. The FAA reference approach speeds behind those categories run from 74 to 144 kt.
Background: Airplane Design Groups I–VI explained.
Source: FAA Aircraft Characteristics Database, October 2024 release. How we measure.